Fencepost



Patented Feb. e, 1923.

UMTEDSTATS WILLIAM J'. DOLAN, 0F LOVILIA,

IOWA, -ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HAL OF ALBIA IOWA.

'10 LEO. W. MALLOY,

FENCEPOST.

. Application alede ril'ao, 1920. Serial No. 377,876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. J..DOLAN, a citizeii of the United States, residin at Lovilia, in tate of Iowa, Improvements 3 in Fenceposts, of which the following is a the county of Monroe and 5 have invented new and useful specification. v

This invention relates to'a fence post and i more particularly to a metallic fence post and has for its primary object the construction of a post that will be more effectively secured in the earth and more efficiently secure a wire fence in place.

An ob'ect of the inventionis to provide .a post of a simple construction that may be more quickly connected to or disconnected from a wire fence,

, fence.

With these and other objects in view the invention will bebetter understood from the following detailed description taken in connection 'withthe I accompanying drawing wherein:

my invention. .F1g. 2 1s a side elevatlon thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view.

of my invention. a

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view-of the secconstructed lar instance 3. in number, numerals 2, 3 and 4 The formation so as to slidably' or the formed into open beads rigidly holding the post in the earth and the body of-the post Fig. 1 'is a front elevation of one form of I acts in conjunction with theanchoring plate Fig. 4 1s a perspective View of the retain- 17 arranged below the. plate 16. J

plate.

1g. ,5 isa side elevation of another form tothe drawing and. more particularly to-Flgs. l to 4 inclusive the numeral 1 designates a body of the fence post from sheet steel shaped t'o'provide a plurality of flanges,'in this particudesignated by the flange 2-is of loop receive the rod 5 and 1s provided at spaced pointswith slots 6 purpose hereinafter described. Each of he flanges 3 and 4 have theiredges 7 so that the body ,of

t I claim is:

the post will be effectively re-inforced and besides that portion arranged in theearth will more effectively engage the earth. For

further to prevent vibration thereof, which in t me would loosen thepost, I provide a retaining plate 8 which is riveted to the flanges 3 and 4111 such a manner as to materially reinforce the flanges against bend ing. This .plate is slotted at the points 9 and 10 toflprovide yieldable curved flanges 11. It will-be noted that the flanges 11 curve in a dirction'that'in the forcing of the post into thegron'nd they will yield but will efl'ectlvely hold the post against being removed.

held againstlateral movement when pressure is brought 'to bear against the post or .the wire fence.

Owing to the area of the plate the post is From the foregoing description it will be seen that by removing the rod 5 the wire fence may be forced into the slots and the rod 5 again arranged in place for effectively holding the wire fence secure to the post.

. In the remaining figures I have illustrated as consisting of'T iron with a flange 12 riveted to the strip 13. This strip is provided with; slots 14 which co-operate with the rod 15 for holding the wire fence in place, In thisparticular instance I use amectanguIarI retaining plate16 which It is, ofcourse, to be understood that: the invention may- ,be constructed invarious other manners and the parts associated in different relationsand, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set, forthin the claim hereunto appended.

my invention what 3 Having thus, described A fence post formed of sheet metal hav- 7 ing laterally extending flanges, the vertical edges of which are bent hack to form curved open beads,'and a retaining plate secured to the post and having curved flanges arranged beads butbent inoppocontiguously to the site direction.

In testimony-whereof Iaflix my signature...

WILLIAM DOLAN. 

